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Saptamatrkas in Indian Religion and Art / Mani, V.R.
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Saptamatrkas in Indian Religion and Art
Mani, V.R.
 
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  Book ID : 6064
  ISBN-10 : 81-7099-583-3 / 8170995833
  ISBN-13 : 978-81-7099-583-8 / 9788170995838
  Place of Publication : Delhi
  Year of Publication : 1995
  Edition : (First Edition)
  Language : English
  viii, 119p., 54 One Col. Illus., Index, 25 cm.
   
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CONTENTS:-
1. Evolution of the Concept of Sakti with Strands of Matrka Element
2. The Origin of Saptamatrkas: Legendary and Historical
3. Kusana Sculptures
4. The Cult in the Gupta Period
5. Sculptures of the Later Periods in North India
6. In Eastern India
7. In Western India
8. In the Calukya, Kadamba and Rastrakuta Regions
9. In Tamil Nade
10. Worship of Individual Matrakas: Influence on Heterodox Sects
11. Tantricism and the Cult of Yoginis
12. Typology in Sculptural Delineations
13. Agamic Analysis
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The book attempts to make a historical enquiry into the origin of the seven goddessed both as a collective entity and as individual divinities, different stages in the evolution and development of their worship, regional ramifications is their cult, typological variations in their Iconography by Agamic injuctions and the Nature of esoteric and Tantrik practices associated with them. This is the first detailed work on the subject based on hundreds of in situ Sculptures as specimens in every Museum in India relevant to the subject. In terms of area and period covered, this work attempts to be extensive, the evidence examined ranges from the seals of the Harappan Civilization to plastic representations of the Medieval period by which time the cult got Integrated with the then established and more elaborate cult of Amba at several places, and the sculptures that are discussed are from every area in the sub-continent significance for the subject. Though Archaeological material is thus by far the most copious source, literary works, particularly Puranic accounts, are also judicially used to arrive at inferential details of a sustainable nature. Intended primarily for researchers and scholars this work will also be of Interest to those evincing a General curiosity and interest in the Complex strands that go by the collective name of Hinduism.
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